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This is an example of the familiar “dormant bank account” scam involving a deceased foreigner, but it’s an unusually high quality one that may trap many victims. Unlike most scam messages, this one is largely free of spelling and formatting errors, and it looks much more like a professional email. And it uses the “meta-scam” strategy, acknowledging that there are a lot of scams out there, and reassuring you that this isn’t one of them. But of course it is: a scammer who proofreads his messages is still a scammer.

I know this may come to you as a surprise due to the amount of scam emails we all receive on daily bases, but it is with a sincere and humble heart that I am making this contact for our mutual benefit.

My name is Mr. Deneys James of Deneys James Attorneys, specializes in corporate and legal claims, a financial legal representative to business moguls and politicians here in Nigeria. I am contacting you in regards to a deceased client Engr. Nicholas Feschuk of California USA who was a contractor with Shell Petroleum Development Company(SPDC) in Nigeria. On March 2012; my client and some other business men were involved in a auto accident in Benin-Ore Expressway,

Before his death, my client had (US$32 Million) with a financial institution here in Nigeria; In view of the Nigerian Law of Succession, claims of this nature can only be made by a surviving relative/family member. Unfortunately he had no will at the time of death. All efforts made through some Private Investigators in Nigeria have revealed no link to any of his family member.

With the applicable law of succession there is a duration within which such claims must be applied for, and as a result I am under pressure to present the next of kin or a relative who will claim the funds, and failure to do this would legally allow the financial institution toreport the funds to the Nigerian Treasury as unclaimed funds (Lack ofsupersede). It is therefore my intention to introduce you as the next of kin/beneficiary, Please note that I’m legally equipped with all necessary information/documentations concerning the funds.

Upon your decision of acceptance, the release of these funds in your favor as beneficiary will be processed within weeks. You would be entitled to 40% of this fund. If you are willing to work with me onthis, PLEASE REPLY ME THROUGH THIS EMAIL FOR SECURITY MEANSURE: (richy608m@yahoo.co.jp).

In conclusion, it’s my concern to demand your ultimate honesty, co-operation and confidentiality to enable us conclude this transaction. I assure you that this process would be executed under a legitimate arrangement that would legally protect you and I from any breach of any law locally and internationally.

Please note; what drives my interest here is NOT GREED rather it would make no sense to allow this huge amount of money to go to waste when we can take advantage of the situation, and honestly if we dont do this; it will still end up in private pockets of corrupt people in government.

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This is a variation on the good old lottery scam — a scam so familiar that it may not be earning scammers much money as it used to. In this version, the scammer claims to be an FBI agent who has confirmed that you actually did win a lottery, and your money has already been deposited. If you’ll just send a small bank fee to an address in Nigeria (!), the money will be yours. The best that can be said for these scammers is that don’t hide what they’re really up to!

This is to officially inform you that it has come to our notice and we have thoroughly completed an investigation with the help of our Intelligence Monitoring Network System that you legally won the sum of $800,000.00 USD. from a Lottery Company outside the United States of America. During our investigation we discovered that your e-mail won the money from an Online Balloting System and we have authorized this winning to be paid to you via a Certified Cashier’s Check.

Normally, it will take up to 10 business days for an International Check to be cashed by your local banks. We have successfully notified this company on your behalf that funds are to be drawn from a registered bank within the United States of America so as to enable you cash the check instantly without any delay, henceforth the stated amount of $800,000.00 USD. has been deposited with Bank Of America.

We have completed this investigation and you are hereby approved to receive the winning prize as we have verified the entire transaction to be Safe and 100% risk free, due to the fact that the funds have been deposited at Bank Of America you will be required to settle the following bills directly to the Lottery Agent in-charge of this transaction whom is located in Lagos, Nigeria,. According to our discoveries, you were required to pay for the following –

Deposit Fee’s (Fee’s paid by the company for the deposit into an American Bank which is – Bank of America)

The total amount for everything is $120.00 (One Hundred and twenty USD.) We have tried our possible best to indicate that this $120.00 should be deducted from your winning prize but we found out that the funds have already been deposited at Bank Of America and cannot be accessed by anyone except the legal owner (you), the winner; therefore you will be required to pay the required fee’s to the Agent in-charge of this transaction via Western Union Money Transfer Or MoneyGram.

In order to proceed with this transaction, you will be required to contact the agent in-charge (JAMES FREEMAN) via e-mail. Kindly look below to find appropriate contact information:

CONTACT AGENT NAME: JAMES FREEMAN
E-MAIL ADDRESS: agentfjames@lycos.com
You will be required to e-mail him with the following information:
FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
DIRECT CONTACT NUMBER:

You will also be required to request Western Union details on how to send the required $120.00 in order to immediately ship your prize of $800,000.00 USD via Certified Cashier’s Check drawn from Bank of America, and also include the following Fund Reference Identification : EA2948-910.

This letter will serve as proof that the Federal Bureau Of Investigation is authorizing you to pay the required $120.00 ONLY to AGENT JAMES FREEMAN via information in which he shall send to you, if you do not receive your winning prize of $800,000.00 we shall be held responsible for the loss and this shall invite a penalty of $3,000 which will be made PAYABLE ONLY to you (The Winner).

Please find below an authorized signature which has been signed by the FBI Public Affairs Director – James B. Comey

James B. Comey
Public Affairs Director – FBI.

NOTE: In order to ensure rapid response for the Fund won, contact AGENT JAMES FREEMAN as soon as possible providing the required information needed from you above

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This is an example of an increasingly common type of scam message: a “meta-scam.” Scammers realize that most people are alert for online frauds, so they play on that awareness to try to trick people. You’ve gotten scam messages before, they say, and we are here to compensate you for your previous losses. It’s a clever trick, but that’s all it is: just another way to pick your pocket.

Series of meetings have been held over the past 7 months with the secretary general of the United Nations Organization. This ended 3 days ago. It is obvious that you have not received your fund which is to the tune of $16.5million due to past corrupt Governmental Officials who almost held the fund to themselves for their selfish reason and some individuals who have taken advantage of your fund all in an attempt to swindle your fund which has led to so many losses from your end and unnecessary delay in the receipt of your fund.for more information do get back to us.

The National Central Bureau of Interpol enhanced by the United Nations and Federal Bureau of Investigation have successfully passed a mandate to the current Prime Minister of Cambodia Excellency Hun Sen to boost the exercise of clearing all foreign debts owed to you and other individuals and organizations who have been found not to have receive their Contract Sum, Lottery/Gambling, Inheritance and the likes. Now how would you like to receive your payment? because we have two method of payment which is by Check or by ATM card?

ATM Card: We will be issuing you a custom pin based ATM card which you will use to withdraw up to $5,000 per day from any ATM machine that has the Master Card Logo on it and the card have to be renewed in 4 years time which is 2020. Also with the ATM card you will be able to transfer your funds to your local bank account. The ATM card comes with a handbook or manual to enlighten you about how to use it. Even if you do not have a bank account.

Check: To be deposited in your bank for it to be cleared within three working days. Your payment would be sent to you via any of your preferred option and would be mailed to you via FedEx. Because we have signed a contract with FedEx which should expire 20th of Fabruary 2016 you will only need to pay $180 instead of $420 saving you $240 so if you Pay before the one week you save $240 note that any one asking you for some kind of money above the usual fee is definitely a fraudsters and you will have to stop communication with every other person if you have been in contact with any. Also remember that all you will ever have to spend is $180.00 nothing more! Nothing less! And we guarantee the receipt of your fund to be successfully delivered to you within the next 24hrs after the receipt of payment has been confirmed.

Note: Everything has been taken care of by the Government of Cambodia,The United Nation and also the FBI and including taxes, custom paper and clearance duty so all you will ever need to pay is $180.

DO NOT SEND MONEY TO ANYONE UNTIL YOU READ THIS: The actual fees for shipping your ATM card is $420 but because FedEx have temporarily discontinued the C.O.D which gives you the chance to pay when package is delivered for international shipping We had to sign contract with them for bulk shipping which makes the fees reduce from the actual fee of $420 to $180 nothing more and no hidden fees of any sort!To effect the release of your fund valued at $16.5million you are advised to contact our correspondent in Asia the delivery officer Miss.Chi Liko with the information below,

Upon receipt of payment the delivery officer will ensure that your package is sent within 24 working hours. Because we are so sure of everything we are giving you a 100% money back guarantee if you do not receive payment/package within the next 24hrs after you have made the payment for shipping.

“The information contained in this message is protected by professional privilege, is confidential and private, and is intended only for the use of the individual (s) addressed in the content of the data message. Any unauthorized disclosure, spread, distribution, edition, print or copy of this communication is strictly prohibited. If by error, you have received this communication, or its copy, please delete it or destroy it immediately and contact the sender, or call (52) (55) 51332500 and request to speak with the sender. The unauthorized use or spread of this confidential information will be sanctioned according to the applicable law. This data message does not create obligations for the sender or the person for which he or she collaborates, and is not an instrument to agree on contracts of any kind. Thank you”

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This is an example of a “meta-scam” that promises to protect you from other scams. “Brian Williams” has your payment ready but you haven’t responded. Don’t believe those other scammers, he says — he will take care of you for sure. (Yes he will — by picking your pocket!)

This is to bring to your notice that approval have been granted by the United Nations to the Citi Bank group to serve as a regional payment office to pay individuals globally who has been affected by internet fraud services part payment of $850,000.00 (Eight Hundred and fifty Thousand United States Dollars) for the first quarter this fiscal year 2016.

According to the number of applicants at hand, 9682 Beneficiaries have been paid. As at now, 70% of the scammed victims have successfully received their compensation. while the we still have about 30% left to be paid their due compensation.

As of this date, we have been unsuccessful in our attempts to contact you regarding this development but my mail has always been returned undelivered, You are listed and approved for this payment as one of the beneficiaries to be paid, Get back to me as soon as possible for detailed email and the immediate release of your compensation payment

You are also advised to send your communication particulars which includes the following;

You are also requested to stop any further communication with any other person(s) or office(s) to avoid any hitch in receiving your payment as Scheduled

Yours faithfully,

Brian Williams
Head of Operations,
Citibank Banking Center (CBC)

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This is an example of what I call a “meta-scam” — a scam message about scam messages. You’ve gotten lots of scam messages in the past, right? Well “Miki Williams” is here to set everything right, and get the real payment to you that those other scammers have tried to trick you into giving up. “Miki” is a “Special Investigator” you see:

Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2016
From: United States Special investigator alessandra.backoffice@alice.it
Reply-To: specialinvestigator@hotmail.com
Subject: HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUNDS?

HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUNDS?

I ‘m contacting you by your email however, I feel it’s best and more convenient for me to explain why I am contacting you. I’m Mr. Miki Williams a United States Special investigator, I work hand in hand with the United States Fraud Unit of the Criminal Investigation Division (CID). I’m specialize in Background Investigations on funds which include [COMPENSATION/ INHERITANCE FUNDS OR NEXT OF KIN, Consignment Box, Lotto® JACKPOT, LOANS] and I notice that you have being receiving numerous emails from people who claims to have funds coming to you but I advise that if you’re still in communication with any of them on issue of funds however, you’re hereby advise to stop every communication right now because those people has being investigated and confirmed to be a Fraud.

I wish to announce our successful investigation which was carried out few days ago; I guess it will interest you to know why this investigation was conducted. For your information, it was truly confirmed that you have 100% Legitimate unpaid transaction and you have every right to claim this funds as you’re been confirmed to be the right Beneficiary of the said amount $5.5 Million usd COMPENSATION/INHERITANCE FUNDS OR NEXT OF KIN however, Due to the delay of getting this funds to you, your funds has now been increased to $6.5 Million United State Dollars approved for payment by International Monetary Fund (IMF) here in United States.

I’m informing you this today because I came to notice that you’re not communicating with a legitimate person who is in charge of getting these funds to you.This announcement has to be made open to you however because you may have being swindled by those unscrupulous people whom you have sent money in the course of getting one fund or the other which is not real and for this reason, I have decided to help you get your funds directly from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) here in United States because your Legitimate funds remains unpaid.

I want to know if you’re interested in receiving your unpaid legitimate funds value $6.5Million usd however, I will only be of help if you agreed to follow my instructions.If you’re really interested in receiving your unpaid $6.5 Million USD, I advise that you get back to me immediately. All I need is your cooperation and understanding.

Please you can contact me back on my email by clicking your Reply.

Regard
Mr. Miki Williams

United States Special investigator

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Respected Citizen,.
I hope and pray these email gets to you in a good health condition, I am Mr. Yury Fedotov Executive Director of the Uniited Nation office on drugs and crime (http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/about-unodc/leadership.html).

I write to intimate you on the on-going programme by the Unted Nation(UN) and the Federal Burear Of Investigation(FBI) on the on-gong cyber crime and drug trafficking, These programme is to ensure we bring back the glory of our online transaction like it was as of the old. I am Happy that we have been able to apprehend some of these internet scammers and drug dealers with the help of the FBI and have published their identity online for confirmation of arrest made: (https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/cyber ).

In the above site you will find the face of these scammers and drug dealers but it might not be the same face they used while exhibiting their illicit act as they have confessed on using different respected official identity.

We have been able to recover a good sum of amount from them as your name/Family Name was mentioned in their list of scammed victim. We are sorry for everything you have lost in the past as the United Nation has decided to compensate your family.

Please Get back to me so i can give you more details on your compensation and more.Thanks

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Because scammers know that you know there are lots of scams online, one strategy they sometimes use is to pretend to be offering reparations and refunds to people who may have been scammed in the past. This is a type of meta-scam: a scam about scams. The example below claims to be providing compensation for scam victims — but there is no compensation: that’s the scam.

This is to acquaint you on the outcome of our 1 day meeting with U.N International Financial Investigation Unit and the Association of Better Business Bureau to compensate scam victims upon due verification, we have jointly approved US$ 55.5m (FIFTY FIVE MILLION, Five hundred thousand United States Dollars) for every confirmed victim. Your E-mail address was generated through the computer ballot system as one of the selected victim to receive this compensation. However, adequate arrangement has been put in place to upload the approved payment compensation into a Platinum Card that can be accessible at any inter-switch cash machine anywhere in the world. Finally; for the purpose of proper verification of your claims, it is imperative that you furnish us with the following of your details necessary to process release/remittance of your payment:

TAKE NOTE; the compensation is free of any illegal threat, as its confirmed by the international monetary department. the UN-nations has mapped out this fund to be delivered to you,, so your fund is in care of the inter-switch master card company, they have been giving the contract and the permission to load your fund into an ATM master card, which you can use to make an online transfer. they are now the only reliable company so far that the UN has entrusted with this huge project to carry out your fund transfer processing, since the inability of the uba banks and other banks, both the dhl, FedEx. ups to make a smooth fund transfer and delivery.. the united nations has now entrusted the INTER-SWITCH MASTERCARD COMPANY…to take charge of your fund transfer and they will also be in-charge of the delivery.

every expense has been made for the safe delivery of your ATM master card, so you will contact them and make a choice of the names you will like it to be on the master card. also they will demand for $85 for the processing of your master card. this will be all that will be required of you, and no one will ever demand for any fees from you until you receive your master card. then the company will deduct 12% for the expenses, upon the activation of your master card.

the UN will activate your card once its in your possession, a picture of you will be taking with the card when its delivered to you for confirmation.,. you don’t have to worry for any incurred fee or damage. the inter-switch company will make this delivery a success…..

You are advised to contact the above bank with your information to enable your fund processed and released to you within the stipulated time frame.

Cordially,

Elliott Harris.
For, United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
CALL THE OFFICE IN CHARGE IN BENIN REPUBLIC
+229 96288560
This email has been protected by YACvirus software.
https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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This is a kind of meta-scam message that tells you the fund you had been promised before was waylaid by corrupt officials, but now everything it fixed thanks to the FBI, and your money will be on the way shortly — all you need to pay now is just $180. (Ha!) It’s hard to believe people fall for complex scams of this kind, but you can tell they do, because if the scams didn’t work, the scammers would not still be sending these messages.

Series of meetings have been held over the past 7 months with the secretary general of the United Nations Organization. This ended 3 days ago. It is obvious that you have not received your fund which is to the tune of $16.5million due to past corrupt Governmental Officials who almost held the fund to themselves for their selfish reason and some individuals who have taken advantage of your fund all in an attempt to swindle your fund which has led to so many losses from your end and unnecessary delay in the receipt of your fund.for more information do get back to us.

The National Central Bureau of Interpol enhanced by the United Nations and Federal Bureau of Investigation have successfully passed a mandate to the current Prime Minister of Cambodia Excellency Hun Sen to boost the exercise of clearing all foreign debts owed to you and other individuals and organizations who have been found not to have receive their Contract Sum, Lottery/Gambling, Inheritance and the likes. Now how would you like to receive your payment? because we have two method of payment which is by Check or by ATM card?

ATM Card: We will be issuing you a custom pin based ATM card which you will use to withdraw up to $5,000 per day from any ATM machine that has the Master Card Logo on it and the card have to be renewed in 4 years time which is 2019. Also with the ATM card you will be able to transfer your funds to your local bank account. The ATM card comes with a handbook or manual to enlighten you about how to use it. Even if you do not have a bank account.

Check: To be deposited in your bank for it to be cleared within three working days. Your payment would be sent to you via any of your preferred option and would be mailed to you via FedEx. Because we have signed a contract with FedEx which should expire 15th of December 2015 you will only need to pay $180 instead of $420 saving you $240 so if you Pay before the one week you save $240 note that any one asking you for some kind of money above the usual fee is definitely a fraudsters and you will have to stop communication with every other person if you have been in contact with any. Also remember that all you will ever have to spend is $180.00 nothing more! Nothing less! And we guarantee the receipt of your fund to be successfully delivered to you within the next 24hrs after the receipt of payment has been confirmed.

Note: Everything has been taken care of by the Government of Cambodia,The United Nation and also the FBI and including taxes, custom paper and clearance duty so all you will ever need to pay is $180.

DO NOT SEND MONEY TO ANYONE UNTIL YOU READ THIS: The actual fees for shipping your ATM card is $420 but because FedEx have temporarily discontinued the C.O.D which gives you the chance to pay when package is delivered for international shipping We had to sign contract with them for bulk shipping which makes the fees reduce from the actual fee of $420 to $180 nothing more and no hidden fees of any sort!To effect the release of your fund valued at $16.5million you are advised to contact our correspondent in Asia the delivery officer Miss. Chi Liko with the information below,

Upon receipt of payment the delivery officer will ensure that your package is sent within 24 working hours. Because we are so sure of everything we are giving you a 100% money back guarantee if you do not receive payment/package within the next 24hrs after you have made the payment for shipping.

Yours sincerely,

Miss Donna Story
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535

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The British “Heir Hunters” program has been popular with scammers, who send messages claiming to come from the show and notifying you that you have inherited a fortune. Alas, these messages aren’t from the show, but are instead just another version of the old advance fee fraud:

I understand that through Internet is not the best way to link up with you to inform you about this notification but because of the confidentiality which my proposal demands.However, I have already sent you this same letter one month ago, but I am not sure if it did get to you since I have not heard from you, hence i am constrain to reach you through the Internet which has been abused over the years.I wish to notify you again that your name was mentioned as heir to the sum of 5,600, 000.00 sterling pounds. In the last testament of our deceased client name now withed.I and my team of the Heir Hunters Company in the United Kingdom are detectives assisting distant relatives of people who have died with or without making any official will.

As the heir hunter’s team of detective, the race is now on for us to track down the often distant relatives in line for a windfall. We came across your profile and email while searching through genealogy database.Note as the heir hunters our aim is to assist people claim there lost relative fortune instead of the government or Bank MDS to use the money to in reach their treasury.Please send an acknowledgment email to enable us process your inheritance with all due verification process.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Gregory
representative
Telephone: +44 702-4020282

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There are lot of scams online, and the scammers know it, and they know you know it. So many scammers now try to hook people into “meta-scams.” They tell you that they know you’ve been scammed before, and investigators have checked into this. They have found that, yes, you were cheated out of your rightful money. Now (the scammer assures you) the Government of Nigeria (or wherever) is going to make good and your money will be delivered soon.

This example of a meta-scam has all the usual components: a United Nations investigation, an urgent plea for your help, and a need to reply right away:

UNITED NATIONS OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES
Internal Audit,Monitoring,Consulting And Investigations Division

From: Mrs. Inga-Britt Ahlenius

Attention: Sir/Madam,

This is to inform you that I came to Nigeria yesterday from London, after series of complains from the FBI and other Security agencies from Asia, Europe, Oceania, Antarctica, South Erica and the United States of America respectively, against the Federal Government of Nigeria and the British Government for he rate of scam activities going on in these two nations.

I have met with President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria who claimed that he has been trying his best to make sure you receive your fund in your account.

Right now, as directed by our secretary general Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, We are working in collaborations with the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and have decided to waive away all your clearance fees/Charges and authorize the Government of Nigeria to effect the payment of your compensation of an amount of $10M approved by both the British government and the UN into your account without any delay. The only fee you will pay to confirm your fund in your account is your Notarization fee which will cost you only but $350, 00 united state dollars, to the UN.

Sincerely, you are a lucky person because I have just discovered that some top Nigerian and British Government Officials are interested in your fund and they are working in collaboration with One Mr. Richard Graves from USA to frustrate you and thereafter divert your fund into their personal account.

I have a very limited time to stay in Nigeria here so I would like you to urgently respond to this message so that I can advise you on how best to confirm your fund in your account within the next 72 hours. For oral discussion, call me on this number which I just acquired in Nigeria today+2348109395660.

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Important Note

Please be aware that scammers often use the names of real people and legitimate businesses in their fraudulent messages. Why? To lend an air of legitimacy to their criminal enterprise. Just because the name of a real person or a real bank or a real government agency appears in a scam message that doesn't mean the person or organization in question is involved in the scam in any way. The scammers are just stealing these names in order to make themselves look legitimate.